The following links are intended to serve as helpful resources in navigating many of the issues facing our elder Americans today:
- American Heart Association – General information and support.
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) – AARP maintains a detailed website for elder issues.
- Funeral Consumers Alliance – Information geared toward “protecting consumers’ right to a dignified burial.”
- Legal Services for the Elderly – Free legal help for Maine seniors.
- Maine Aging and Disability Services – Department of Health & Human Services website for services available, hotlines, and contact information.
- Maine Alzheimer’s Association – Assistance and support for Alzheimer’s patients and their families.
- Maine Department of Health & Human Services – General information on agencies and their local or regional offices.
- Maine Pooled Disability Trust – A pooled trust for the disabled that protects public benefit eligibility.
- Medicare Rights Center – Medicare questions and answers.
- National Council on Aging – Publications, newsletters, constituent groups.
- National Institute on Aging – Information from the Institute “leading the Federal effort on aging research.”
- National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC) – Site has publications, articles and newsletters relating to legal and medical issues facing elders.
- Parkinson’s Disease Foundation – Research and information on Parkinson’s Disease.
- Reverse Mortgage Consumer Information – National Center for Home Equity Conversion website provides information for those who may want a reverse mortgage.
- Southern Maine Agency on Aging – Providing resources, programs and people to ensure that older adults and adults living with disabilities in Cumberland and York counties maintain their vitality well past the age of sixty.
- Social Security Administration – General information and forms.
- Social Security Administration Handbook – A guide to Social security programs; downloadable handbook with index and contents.
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers to Medicare and Medicaid Services – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) website for programs for seniors.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Veterans benefit information.
- U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare – Medicare questions and answers.